much gone. and when i got to the school, i broke down really hard. reporter: vicki davis other child survived by hiding in the girl s bathroom. she walked out running into her mother s arms. but still missing, 8-year-old kyle. you don t know if he s safe, if he s still stuck under all that rubble. is he you know, where is he? being a mother, you know you have to know where your babies are. reporter: davis collapsed from the emotional strain at the school rushed to the er. she spent the night curled up with this picture, praying until the morning. and then i got confirmation that they had him. but he didn t make it. and, you know, you cry and cry and cry and then you feel like
afterward, this is what was left of briarwood elementary school. at one point, one of the kids shouted at bretton, i love you. i love you! i love you too! we re okay! we re okay! reporter: everyone survived. the teachers say no one was hurt. the sound, you could hear it start to go away. and i thought, we made it, we made it, thank you, god. reporter: lynn bretton said the advice she d give to teachers for a situation like that count your kids, know who you have, and stay calm. although she says that s next to impossible. brian todd, cnn, moore, oklahoma. so many heroes. also so many tragedies here and families coping with unimaginable grieve. jerry bondi s story is wrenching. she is hospitalized coming to grips with the death of her
we made it. thank you, god. reporter: lyn says the advice she would give to other teachers, count your kids, know who you have and stay calm although she says that is next to impossible. brian todd, cnn, moore, oklahoma. it gives you goose bumps. among the parents who ran to plaza towers elementary school, a mother with two children enrolled at the school did die. she saw her hopes rise and then plummet into unimaginable heartache. we have her story. i was running out the door. i love you, mom. i love you, too, mom. he was laying in my bed watching tv. that s the last time i seen him. what followed, a disaster few can fathom. a mother s nightmare that only the parents of the children at plaza towers elementary can truly understand. of course, the closer i got to the school, the harder it was. because the houses were pretty
sadness that you feel? i am angry to an extent. i know the schools did what they thought they could do. but with us living in oklahoma, tornado shelters should be in every school. it should be you know, there should be a place that if this ever happened again during school that kids can get to a safe place. that we don t have to sit there and go through rubble and rubble and rubble and may not ever find what we re looking for. next month was supposed to be such a happy month. kyle s mom getting married for the second time. kyle was also going to celebrate his birthday. he was going to turn 9. the whole family was going to be there, erin. instead, the gathering this friday for his funeral. kyung lah, thank you very
we try to get answers to that question. thank you so much to john. and there are parents asking serious questions tonight, too, including this mother whose child was killed. there should be a place that if this ever happened again during school that kids can get to a safe place. we don t have to sit there and go through rubble and rubble and rubble and may not ever find what we re looking for. senator tom coburn joins me now. obviously that mother and her grief, pointing out what other mothers are, too. that they feel there should have been a shelter. that would have made a difference. do you think it would have? well, nobody knows. you know, some of the shelters that were utilized, collapsed, or were destroyed by the tornado. the point is those are decision that s need to be made at the local and state level, not at the federal level. we can t second guess that. you know, we ll never replace her child or fill that void in